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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

MAC Cult of Cherry Review and Look

Before I forget, for swatches and other looks featuring Cult of Cherry, click HERE and HERE.

I already made a semi-review of the Cult of Cherry products in THISentry, but now that I've already seen the entire collection in stores and read a lot of reviews online, I can safely conclude that it is one of the most coveted MAC collections of the year. The rich, bold colors truly welcome the advent of fall, and although I don't think I can sport dark lips all that much, I can definitely try. My favorites from the collection are the Creme Cerise and Lightly Ripe lipsticks, Kirsch mattene (all these dark mattenes remind me of those late 90s dark matte lipstick craze using Revlon Colorstay in Raisin!), Cherry Blossom and Jampacked lipglasses, Plum de Bois blush, and Spiced Chocolate and Tempting quads. The jury's still out on the Shadowy Lady Quad. I'm still so on-the-fence about that, mainly because I have a lot of shadows that can easily dupe it, and I already have Deep Truth.

Lightly Ripe topped with Cherry Blossom is one of the prettiest color combinations I've seen. It's not too corpse-light nor too goth-dark, and the light sheer pink color flatters most complexions. Jampacked is a beautiful, beautiful sheer grape that can be worn by itself and it will still look gorgeous. It's not as dark on the tube as it is on the lips, so it comes off as a luscious, shiny berry-like stain when worn.

A lot of people are loving So Scarlet, and because I have not tried it yet, I still cannot form an informed opinion about it, but I am excited to use it one of these days. Plum de Bois is the perfect deep pink bronze blush, and it is very buildable - can look as sheerly pink-bronze to medium-dark bronze depending on your application. The gold pearl in it makes it all the more pretty.

The Spiced Chocolate quad is just wonderful. The colors however are too dark for my lid color, so the colors in this quad for ME are all crease, outer V or blender colors. However, they are gorgeous. My favorite is Brash, a frosty reddish copper that when applied on my lids reminds me of Firespot eyeshadow, although they are not dupes of each other at all. I already have Nanogold from the N collection, but I don't mind another one because it is such a coveted, versatile color. The Tempting quad is another favorite, mainly because of the beautiful marriage of Sharp, a frosty bright yellow gold that looks more chartreuse to me, and the rich cocoa colors like Tempting and Dark Edge. I have been trawling the net and I've seen beautiful looks using the Tempting quad. It seems like it is such a fool-proof set.

Anyways, here is a look using the Spiced Chocolate quad and the lip products from the Cult of Cherry.

6 comments:

beautiful cult of cherry look! I love the lippie! and I love the eye color on you! very subtle yet strong impact! oooohhh Beige-ing shadesticks are your HG primer? wow...I have heard raves about it!!! and the lipglass you newly bought looks great!!!

jie-jie- Mary Kay eye makeup remover is actually my HG, but I bought Clinique because it was real cheap and it is bigger than my regular Mary Kay one. Sorry to hear about Beige-ing creasing on you, it's the best for me out there, the staying power and vibrancy of my shadows are unbelievable when worn with the Beige-ing underneath.

oh your son is adorable! I remember taking my kids to the Aquarium when they were that age. Don't they just love that stuff! gotta cherish those moments because before you know it, they'll want to go off and do their own things!

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